SmogRank / Germany / Thuringia / Erfurt

Erfurt, month by month

Erfurt has a measured daily mean on 1,076 days since 11 January 2023. Its worst month was February 2025, at 75 US AQI (21.8 µg/m³), 432nd of 2,633 cities on that month's world ranking. Its cleanest was November 2023, at 26 US AQI (4.7 µg/m³). 2025 averaged 51 US AQI (9.2 µg/m³), against 45 US AQI (8.1 µg/m³) in 2024.

Every month since 2023

202445 for the year265 days measured1,055th of 2,097 in the world
2023too few days for a mean (a year needs 256)242 days measured
Each square is a month's mean PM2.5 in US AQI from Erfurt's measured days, with its place on that month's world ranking under it. A month has a mean once 70% of its days are measured, the rule the monthly rankings use; under that, the square gives the days measured. Each square opens that month's ranking with Erfurt marked; each year, the year's. A dashed square is the running month, so far.
Good0–50
Moderate51–100
Sensitive groups101–150
Unhealthy151–200
Very unhealthy201–300
Hazardous301+

The US EPA's Air Quality Index for PM2.5 (2024 breakpoints). Show values as: µg/m³ · US AQI · India AQI · China AQI · European AQI · UK DAQI · Canada AQHI+. About the scales

Months without a mean, and why

11 months
MonthWhy
Jun 202619 of 30 days measured; a month needs 21. The others: 11 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks.
Jun 202520 of 30 days measured; a month needs 21. The others: 10 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks.
Oct 202415 of 31 days measured; a month needs 22. The others: 16 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks.
Sep 2024No day measured. The others: 30 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks.
Aug 202415 of 31 days measured; a month needs 22. The others: 16 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks.
Mar 202415 of 31 days measured; a month needs 22. The others: 16 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks.
Oct 20239 of 31 days measured; a month needs 22. The others: 22 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks.
Sep 20231 of 30 days measured; a month needs 21. The others: 29 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks.
Aug 2023No day measured. The others: 31 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks.
Jul 202315 of 31 days measured; a month needs 22. The others: 16 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks.
Jan 20237 of 31 days measured; a month needs 22. The others: 14 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks.

A day counts once 18 hours of it are measured; a month needs 70% of its days.

Erfurt's worst months

MonthUS AQIDays measuredWorld rankEpisode
February 2025 7521.8 µg/m³24 of 28432ndof 2,633Europe, 1 to 14 February 2025
January 2026 7120.1 µg/m³28 of 31420thof 2,617Europe, January and February 2026
Europe, December 2025 to January 2026
March 2025 6617.3 µg/m³26 of 31747thof 2,862Germany, Poland and 25 more countries, March 2025
February 2026 6315.6 µg/m³26 of 28745thof 2,866Europe, January and February 2026
March 2026 5913.3 µg/m³31 of 311,027thof 2,971Europe, 18 to 25 March 2026
Europe, 1 to 12 March 2026
February 2023 5611.8 µg/m³27 of 28557thof 1,129Europe, 6 to 25 February 2023

Monthly means over the days measured; finished months only. World rank: its place on that month's world ranking of every city with enough days. Each month opens that ranking.

Erfurt's worst days

DayUS AQIEpisode
25 Jan 2026 15156.2 µg/m³Europe, January and February 2026
24 Jan 2026 14553.3 µg/m³Europe, January and February 2026
13 Feb 2025 13950.8 µg/m³Europe, 1 to 14 February 2025
10 Jan 2024 13549.5 µg/m³Europe, 8 to 27 January 2024
10 Feb 2025 13448.8 µg/m³Europe, 1 to 14 February 2025
11 Jan 2024 13147.6 µg/m³Europe, 8 to 27 January 2024
5 Feb 2026 13147.5 µg/m³Europe, January and February 2026
30 Jan 2026 12846.5 µg/m³Europe, January and February 2026
4 Feb 2026 12645.8 µg/m³Europe, January and February 2026
9 Feb 2025 11842.6 µg/m³Europe, 1 to 14 February 2025

Daily means, the highest since 11 Jan 2023; the WHO's daily guideline is 15 µg/m³. Each date opens that day's world ranking, and each episode the bad-air spell it was part of.

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SmogRank, PM2.5 monthly and daily means, Erfurt, Germany, 11 Jan 2023 – 10 Oct 2026. Monitor data from EEA, via OpenAQ and from the publisher directly; sources listed at smogrank.com/sources. smogrank.com/de/erfurt/history (accessed 12 Oct 2026).

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Updated 2026-10-12 22:07 UTC. Values are PM2.5 (fine particles), the median of each city's monitors, as the US AQI PM2.5 sub-index. Some low-cost readings: Sensor.Community, ODbL (data and licence). Some readings: Uzhydromet (Uzbekistan's Hydrometeorological Service); Department of Environment, Nepal; Vietnam's government monitors; Aurassure; Umhverfisstofnun (Environment Agency of Iceland); RMCAB (Secretaría Distrital de Ambiente, Bogotá); Love My Air (City and County of Denver), no reuse terms published (why we use them).